“It was genius,” Krauthammer, the conservative columnist and commentator, said on Fox News on Thursday. “Look, I would call it a stunt except for the fact that he was entirely sincere and he was entirely right. I mean, after all, how many Americans are there who believe that the president, if he doesn’t like the cut of your jib or thinks you might be a little treasonous has the right to launch a drone-launched missile through your dining room, when you’re sitting down to a pot roast with your family?”

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On Wednesday, Paul launched into a nearly 13-hour filibuster to put pressure on the White House to further clarify its stance on domestic drone use. Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder responded in a letter saying that the president does not have the power to use domestic drone against Americans not engaged in combat.

Krauthammer said on Fox News that it was “extremely smart” for Paul to go after the White House on the issue.

“Given the fact there’s not a large constituency that would oppose him on that — the choice of the issue was extremely smart and the fact that he was playing off an attorney general who has not exactly been adept on this issue or a host of other issues in defending the president’s positions,” Krauthammer said on Fox News.

As for Holder, Krauthammer said he gets the impression that Attorney General Eric Holder is “a guy who is out of his depth.”